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Just another Nichelabs websiteMon, 21 Jan 2019 22:52:32 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9Does Loud Bug Sex Attract Predators?https://bugbustersusa.com/2016/05/18/does-loud-bug-sex-attract-predators/
https://bugbustersusa.com/2016/05/18/does-loud-bug-sex-attract-predators/#respondWed, 18 May 2016 14:41:22 +0000http://blog.bugbustersusa.com/?p=37841Does Loud Bug Sex Attract Predators? The question posed above has NOT been baffling philosophers and scientists for ages, but we still want to know the answer. And the answer is yes, according to researchers in Germany. Well at least when it comes to flies. These German researchers, who clearly had too much time on…

The question posed above has NOT been baffling philosophers and scientists for ages, but we still want to know the answer. And the answer is yes, according to researchers in Germany. Well at least when it comes to flies.

This study helps to confirm an idea scientists have hypothesized for some time. This idea being that perhaps many animals attract predators when mating, and the chance of being attacked by predators during sex probably goes up the more loud and intense the female orgasms are. Well, the first part about the danger facing flies mating has been genuinely hypothesized anyway. So apparently sex can be dangerous for animals as well as for humans. We have to worry about STDs, but that is far less unpleasant than being eaten by a bat.

Why do you think insects even take the chance of making so much noise during sex that they would attract predators? Do you think this is something they can’t control or could they possibly change that?